Re: /dev/dsp
> Wayne Ward wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I have installed debian from (CD) Steve Hunger's
> >book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" and I'm now
> >trying to get GNOME up and running. When
> >I enter the command to start GNOME i get
> >the error that "/dev/dsp No such device".
> >This distribution is with potato and
> >Linux 2.2r2. The book is copyrighted 2001.
> >>From what I can make out is that this has
> >something to do with sound, which I don't
> >have.How can I fix this?
> >TIA
> >Wayne
> >
> >
> Three things:
>
> 1) the 2.2 kernel is pretty old. It may not have support for your sound
> device. If you have network capability, you might want to upgrade to a
> 2.4 or even a 2.6 kernel.
I don't have a sound card installed.
I do plan on upgrading, but I have a modem
connection and it will take some time.
Thanks for your reply.
Wayne
>
> 2) you need kernel support for your hardware (in this case your sound
> system). This support can be compiled into the kernel, but more often
> nowadays, it's "bolted onto" the kernel as a module. You should be able
> to use the app "modconf" to search for a module that matches your
> hardware, and to insert it into the kernel ("bolt it on", "plug it in").
>
> 3) your user also needs to have permissions to access the sound device.
> This is normally done by adding that user to the "audio" group. Entering
> "groups" will show you the groups you're in; entering (as root) the
> "adduser wayneward audio" would add the user 'wayneward' to the audio
> group; wayneward would then need to log out/log in to make the change
> take affect.
>
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> Kent
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